Hester Street
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Hester Street is a 1975 film which tells the story of an immigrant Jewish woman who clings to the "old ways" while her husband and son succumb to the American culture in turn-of-the-century New York City. It stars Carol Kane, Steven Keats and Paul Freedman.
The film is based on Abraham Cahan's 1896 novel Yekl: A Tale of the New York Ghetto and was adapted and directed by Joan Micklin Silver.
It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress (Carol Kane).